Find & Evaluate Information

Student-Friendly Search Engines

Sweet Search
Safe Search Kids – The Google Kids Search Engine
Kid Rex
Kiddle – a visual search engine for kids
Create a Google Custom Search Engine

Effective Online Searches

Lesson on Key Word Searches
Lesson on Analyzing Search Results
Google Search Tips & Tricks

Evaluating Online Sources

ACTIVITY #1

Critical Evaluation of a Website - Middle School Level
Evaluation Wizard - 21st Century Information Fluency
Group 1 - Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus
Group 2 - Jacapo di Poggibonsai
Group 3 - The Taxonomy of Barney
Group 4 - Google Technology
Group 5 - Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide

ACTIVITY #2

Researching Reading Online

Site #1 http://thetechnologicalcitizen.com/?p=414
Site #2 http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/04/09/online-reading-comprehension
Site #3 http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/effects-internet-reading-skills-17125.html

5WsofWebsiteEvaluation.pdf

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Critical Evaluation of Information Resources - Kathy Schrock
Evaluating Webpages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask - University of California Berkeley

Lesson Progressions

Oakland Schools lessons on finding and evaluating resources
Google lessons on effective searching